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CITRUS CORP./FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION NAMES ROCKFORD G. MEYER PRESIDENT EFFECTIVE MAY 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 1996
HOUSTON -- At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of Citrus Corp./Florida Gas Transmission Company, which is jointly owned by Enron Corp. and Sonat Inc., Rockford G. Meyer was named president of the company and elected to its Board of Directors effective May 1, 1996.
Meyer will succeed William V. Allison who, as announced on March 22, 1996, has been appointed president of Enron Liquids Pipeline Company, the general partner of Enron Liquids Pipeline, L.P.
Meyer, a 1973 graduate of the University of Nebraska in Omaha with a B.A. in political science, received his J.D. degree from Creighton University School of Law in 1976. After joining Enron's Northern Natural Gas Pipeline Company in 1984, Meyer held several positions within Enron's corporate legal staff before his most recent appointment as vice president, regulatory affairs and general counsel for Transwestern Pipeline Company, an Enron Corp. affiliate.
Florida Gas Transmission Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Citrus Corp., was formed in 1958 to bring natural gas reserves in Texas to the state of Florida. The original, 1,480 mile mainline was completed in 1959. Since that time the pipeline has been expanded to its current size of approximately 5,245 miles.
Citrus Corp., is jointly owned by an Enron Corp. subsidiary and Sonat Inc. Enron Corp., one of the world's leading integrated natural gas companies with approximately $13 billion in assets, operates one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world; is the largest purchaser and marketer of natural gas and the largest non-regulated marketers of electricity in North America; produces and markets natural gas liquids worldwide; owns 60 percent of Enron Oil & Gas Company, one of the largest independent (non-integrated) exploration and production companies in the United States; owns 52 percent of Enron Global Power & Pipelines L.L.C., which is owner and manager of operating power plants and a natural gas pipeline in emerging markets; and is one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world. Enron Corp. is traded under the ticker symbol, "ENE."
For additional information please contact:
Diane Bazelides
(713) 853-6285
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